Hiding in Plain Sight: Undergraduates Discover the Densest Galaxies Known
Computer animated movie showing the formation of an ultra-dense galaxy: the giant host galaxy disrupts the smaller galaxy, removing its fluffy outer parts, and the dense center is left behind. The animation then Astronomicals in to a possible embedded planet and supermassive black hole. Click for the full version.
Credit:M. Sandoval, A. Romanowsky (SJSU).